Teacher Name: Susan Price, Dawn Holmes, Rhonda Bunce

• Susan Price, Dawn Holmes and Rhonda Bunce will be team-teaching this class.
• Please direct questions for this class to Susan Price.
• Make checks payable to Susan Price.

Tuition: $160.00 per year, payable in monthly installments of $20.00

Supply/Materials Fee (due at registration): $20.00

Deposit (due at registration): $20.00

Grades: 3rd-5th

Class Time: 3rd hour (10:40-11:35)

Minimum Class Size: 6

Maximum Class Size: 16

Is there a prerequisite?: Yes

Prerequisites: Willingness to prepare at home approximately 15 minutes per day.

Required Materials: The following materials are available through Memoria Press at www.memoriapress.com. These materials will be required for the very first class in September. Please order early!!!

Prima Latina Student Book $14.00
Prima Latina Pronunciation CD $4.95
Prima Latina/Latina Christiana I flashcards $14.94 (You will be able to reuse these cards in Latina Christiana I next year.

 Prima Latina will be team-taught by Susan Price, Dawn Holmes, and Rhonda Bunce

In Prima Latina we will do the following:

• Sing songs in Latin
• Play fun learning and review games
• Talk about some interesting historical figures
• Recite prayers and common phrases in Latin
• Show parents what we have learned in a fun end of semester performance/program.

Fun, Fun, Fun!
For our Prima Latina class, there will be light weekly homework. Students should be prepared to review Latin vocabulary learned during class at home during the week. We will only introduce 5 new words per week, and easy-to-use flashcards and a listening CD will make this a snap. This program will prepare your student well to take Latina Christiana I the following year. It will also help students more easily understand English grammar concepts at home. Come join us!

General Description from Memoria Press:
Prima Latina was developed for young children who are still becoming familiar with English grammar and wish to learn Latin at a slower pace. The program provides 25 lessons, each including a grammar skill, 5 vocabulary words with corresponding English derivatives, a practical Latin phrase, and one line of a prayer that is learned in totality over five lessons.

The exercises that accompany each lesson are thorough and provide constant review of materials learned throughout the course. After each five lessons, a review chapter summarizes the material covered and provides a keyed test to insure mastery. With grammar lessons appropriate for primary grades and an easy to read two color format, Prima Latina is the perfect choice for those who would like to start Latin early and lay the foundation of a rigorous language arts program.

Teacher Information:

Susan Price graduated from Baylor University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Business Arts in Marketing and Quantitative Business Analysis. Susan has taught for 2 years in public schools, and is a returning teacher for her 2nd year at the Brazos Valley Co-op. Additionally, Susan has taught piano for 15 years. She has also been very active in children's ministries at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church such as Preschool Division Director, Childcare Coordinator, Early Elementary (1st-3rd) Grade Sunday School Director, choir accompanist, and VBS Director. She is the homeschooling mother of three. Susan has over 30 hours of college credits in Spanish and Linguistics. She loves to teach children language and literature by taking a hands-on approach. She thinks that these sorts of activities bring ideas alive for children. Susan also loves to study classical literature.

Rhonda Bunce graduated from Baylor University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with specializations in Early Childhood and Speech Communications. Rhonda taught 2nd grade in public schools and is a returning teacher for her 3rd year at the Brazos Valley Co-op. She is active in children's ministries at her church and currently serves as a drama director, VBS Director, and Girls in Action Missions Director. Rhonda is a homeschooling mom of 3 which includes a 7th grade son, 4th grade daughter, and preschool daughter. She is a teacher by heart and by trade. She really enjoys the primary grades and loves picture books, hands-on activities, and anything dramatic.

Dawn Holmes graduated from Baylor University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with certifications in Elementary and Special Education. Dawn has post-graduate hours in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary and in Early Childhood Education from Texas State. Dawn taught in public schools for three years and then taught and directed preschool for three years. Dawn has spent the last several years home schooling her four children and has also served as a junior kindergarten teacher at Live Oak Classical School. Dawn and her husband have four children.